La Lucha Arts and Poetic Theater Productions invite you to join us to celebrate the launch of a series of events leading to the 2020 off-Broadway world premiere of LA PALOMA PRISONER at Next Door @ New York Theatre Workshop! This series of events are geared toward amplifying the community of activists and artists who are raising awareness and inciting action toward decarceration.
At this event we will be honoring
with the Impacted Women Ambassador Award
for the La Paloma Prisoner Project
Colombian food & music
Reading of an excerpt from La Paloma Prisoner, written by Raquel Almazán and directed by Estefanía Fadul
Highlights from the work of our extraordinary community partners*
Event is free but advance registration is required. Space is limited.
We hope you can join us!
*We are proud to be collaborating with our partners:
Dr. Vanda Seward (Cuny Criminal Justice Department at CUNY Kingsborough)- Dr. Baz Dreisinger (Author of Incarcerated Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World and Executive Director of the Incarcerated Nations Network)- Pamela Villa (Director of Development- Bronx Connect and Bloomberg Fellow)- Robert Pollack (Pen America – Prison Writing Program Manager)- Janos Marton (State Campaigns Manager, ACLU)- Laila Mahler (Dean of Student and Alumni Affairs, Columbia University)- Julia Shaw (LMSW Director, Criminalized Survivors Program STEPS to End Family Violence, a program of Rising Ground)- CityLore Organization
La Paloma Prisoner at Next Door @ NYTW is a New Georges supported production.
About the La Paloma Prisoner Project:
La Paloma Prisoner is a theatre project by Raquel Almaƶán about the reclamation of identity by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women in the prison system. Developed from her longstanding work with incarcerated and impacted communities, the play will have its world premiere at Next Door @ New York Theatre Workshop in spring 2020, alongside a series of initiatives aimed at raising awareness and inciting action towards the end of global mass incarceration. The project includes programs designed to uplift the voices and narratives of current and formerly incarcerated women-identified folx of color through workshops in prisons, conversation circles, a mini symposium, and panel discussions leading up to the production’s scheduled run at NYTW in April.